June '06 Grocery challenge

annie-c

I've had a lovely morning cooking for meals to put in the fridge and freezer for the week or two ahead.

So far today I have made:

8 bean burgers in breadcrumbs
3 portions bean n cheese bake
8 portions chilli con carne

Yesterday I made enough sausage casserole to last for tonight's tea too, and 3 portions Black Saturn's potato and onion bake, which have gone in the freezer - hopefully they'll be OK when I finally retrieve them!

I'm going to make hummous next, for lunches, if I can find my tahini lurking in the back of the cupboards...

In total I spent £1.16 at Tescos this morning - I needed onions, carrots and celery to add to the things already in stock.

skystar

My June "month" finished on the 19th.

Spent in total £229.70 for food and diesel. This was split £115.41 for food and £114.29 for diesel.

Have a budget of £260 so have £30 leftover :j :T :j

annie-c

Well done Skystar!!! Did you use up loads from stock??

lil_me

Only joined this 2 weeks ago after realising I probably spend over £200 a week on the 4 of us and 2 animals, just on food, cleaning products and toiletries etc which is absolutely shocking

This week so far 19th -25th - £85

skystar

annie-c wrote:

Well done Skystar!!! Did you use up loads from stock??

Not a great deal. That is about average for us but I do like to keep a rein on it otherwise I could get carried away buying stuff that is not needed :rolleyes:

bumpybecky

can I come in here and have a quick whooooppp please?

ok then....


wwwhhhhhooooopppppp! wooooo hooooooo! :D:D

first month of the grocery challenge for me and I've not been adding up as I went along very well (tut tut). Anyway, just back from Tesco and thought I'd be brave and add up the last couple of weeks worth of recipets to see how much we have left until Friday and......

I've got £38.95 left!!!!

I know I'll need bread, milk and fruit by weds, but I've got loads left! I thought I'd gone over budget already! whhoooppp!

Looks like a celebratory take away on Friday then

skystar

bumpybecky wrote:

can I come in here and have a quick whooooppp please?

whooooppp <--- one from me too


Well done on your first month :T

nicki_2

I've got loads of stuff in the cupboards still and I'm really trying not to spend anything unless I REALLY have to so I sat down with my cookery books (my home-made one with recipes from here, "look and Cook" from the 50's and a student cook book were the only ones I needed this time) and I've come up with about 25 meals just from what is in the cupboards & freezers excluding needing to buy eggs (will buy the biggest box I can), chopped tomatos, some cream & mushrooms :j

Will be doing my best to stick to a budget next month but we'll have to see :rolleyes:

couttleberry

Have read this with interest and think I'll give it a go in July. Not sure what sort of budget to set for 2 adults, 5 children and 2 cats. Do I count my chickens feed (11 chickens and 3 ducks in the total)?

jayarr_2

hi couttleberry,
the way ive done it is by just counting my food, not really any toiletries etc, altho i have got some cleaning produce, i think it's up to you to decide what you do or don't include
good luck!